Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2)
ANTHOLOGY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
BY LEO WIENER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
In Two Parts
8 o with Photogravure Frontispieces
Part I.—From the Tenth Century to the Close of the Eighteenth Century Part II.—From the Close of the Eighteenth Century to the Present Time
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK LONDON
Lomonosow
By Leo Wiener Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages at Harvard University
IN TWO PARTS
From the Tenth Century to the Close of the Eighteenth Century
G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1902
Leo Wiener
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
A SKETCH OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
I.—THE OLDEST PERIOD
II.—THE FOLKLORE
III.—THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
THE OLDEST PERIOD
Treaty with the Greeks (911)
Luká Zhidyáta. (First half of XI. century.)
The Russian Code. (XI. century.)
Ilarión, Metropolitan of Kíev. (XI. century.)
Vladímir Monomákh (Monomachos). (1053-1125.)
Abbot Daniel, the Palmer. (Beginning of XII. century.)
Cyril, Bishop of Túrov. (XII. century.)
Néstor’s Chronicle. (XII. century.)
The Kíev Chronicle. (XII. century.)
The Word of Ígor’s Armament. (End of XII. century.)
The Holy Virgin’s Descent into Hell. (XII. century.)
Daniel the Prisoner. (XIII. century.)
Serapión, Bishop of Vladímir. (XIII. century.)
The Zadónshchina. (XIV. century.)
Afanási Nikítin. (XV. century.)
Apocryphal Legends about King Solomon. (XV. century.)
Andréy Mikháylovich Kúrbski. (1528-1583.)
Iván the Terrible. (1530-1584.)
The Domostróy. (XVI. century.)
Songs Collected by Richard James. (1619-1620.)
Yúri Krizhánich. (1617-about 1677.)
Grigóri Kotoshíkhin. (1630-1667.)
Simeón Pólotski. (1629-1680.)
The Story of Misery Luckless-Plight, How That Misery Luckless-Plight Caused a Youth to Turn Monk. (XVII. or XVIII. century.)
THE FOLKLORE
Epic Songs.
Historical Songs.
Folksongs.
Fairy Tales.
Proverbs.
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Iván Tikhónovich Pososhkóv. (1670-1726.)
Feofán (in private life Eleázar) Prokopóvich. (1681-1763.)
Vasíli Nikítich Tatíshchev. (1686-1750.)
Prince Antiókh (Antiochus) Kantemír. (1708-1744.)
Vasíli Kiríllovich Tredyakóvski. (1703-1769.)
Princess Natálya Borísovna Dolgorúki. (1714-1771.)
Mikhaíl Vasílevich Lomonósov. (1711-1765.)
Alexander Petróvich Sumarókov. (1718-1777.)
Vasíli Ivánovich Máykov. (1728-1778.)
Mikhaíl Vasílevich Danílov. (1722-1790.)
Catherine the Great. (1729-1796.)
Prince Mikháylo Mikháylovich Shcherbátov. (1733-1790.)
Vasíli Petróvich Petróv. (1736-1799.)
Mikhaíl Matvyéevich Kheráskov. (1733-1807.)
Platón (in civil life Peter Geórgevich) Levshín. (1737-1812.)
Iván Ivánovich Khémnitser. (1745-1784.)
Yákov Borísovich Knyazhnín. (1742-1791.)
Princess Ekaterína Románovna Dáshkov. (1743-1810.)
Semén Andréevich Poroshín. (1741-1769.)
The Satirical Journals (1769-1774), and Nikoláy Ivánovich Nóvikov. (1744-1818.)
Denís Ivánovich Fon-Vízin. (1744-1792.)
Ermíl Ivánovich Kostróv. (1750-1796.)
Alexander Nikoláevich Radíshchev. (1749-1802.)
Alexander Onisímovich Ablesímov. (1742-1783.)
Ippolít Fédorovich Bogdanóvich. (1743-1803.)
Gavriíl Románovich Derzhávin. (1743-1816.)
Yúri Aleksándrovich Neledínski-Melétski. (1752-1829.)
Mikhaíl Nikítich Muravév. (1757-1807.)
Vasíli Vasílevich Kapníst. (1757-1824.)
Adrián Moyséevich Gribóvski. (1766-1833.)
Gavrílo Petróvich Kámenev. (1772-1803.)
Vladisláv Aleksándrovich Ózerov. (1770-1816.)
Prince Iván Mikháylovich Dolgorúki. (1764-1823.)
Iván Ivánovich Dmítriev. (1760-1837.)
INDEX
WORKS IN LITERATURE
THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE DURING THE COLONIAL TIME.
THE LITERARY MOVEMENT IN FRANCE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
PHILOSOPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
STUDIES IN GERMAN LITERATURE.
THE HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE.
AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1607-1885.
THE LITERARY MOVEMENT IN FRANCE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1607-1885.
PHILOSOPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
STUDIES IN GERMAN LITERATURE.
THE HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE.
A LITERARY HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE.
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